The liberal use of the F5 - "Refresh" button on your keyboard will keep you current with the last post on the thread.

If you need a way to catch the game, there are some links to online game feeds in the forum entitled “Links, Books Media and Sam’s Writings”. We do not endorse, promote, partner with or in any way sanction any media player; they are public listings.

Here is another video from CuseCeltic18:

Check out GameChannel to track the stats of any game being played tonight.

Follow this link:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba

and scroll down to the Scoreboard (on the right hand side) and find the link to the GameChannelthere. (You may have to wait for the game to start)

Pick GameChannel, wait for it to load. It may take a while, but it is worth it.

Down the right side, there is play-by-play. You can pick any quarter and move the side bar to move up or down. At the top are all the other games playing that night. You can pick any one of the games at the top and switch over to it.

Nice to watch such an articulate player as Jae Crowder so enthusiastically talking about the great relationship between him and Brad, how hs's motivated to work his butt off for Brad and the team, and how important it is for him to make sure his teammates believe in him because he believes in them. For once, I agree with A. Sherrod. "He's a keeper."

sam wrote:Scal's talking about what a key to the game the defense of Avery and Marcus on Tony will be. That's pretty much a no-brainer, but it's always nice to have a particular perspective reinforced.

Now Brad's saying the Spurs are the best basketball he's seen in his adult life.

Not a shocking revelation, but interesting to see nonetheless.

Speaking of rain, we were just eating in a restaurant, and they made a big announcement that spring has officially arrived. We all toasted one another and then looked out the picture windows to see it snowing once again.

I haven't repeated this message recently. But I think it's particularly appropriate to remind gyso of how much we all appreciate his stewardship of the Game-on Threads. He has been instrumental in its being upbeat, inviting, and utterly consistent in its on-time availability. This forum would be far less appealing without gyso's work on these threads and on so many other elements over the years.

sam wrote:I haven't repeated this message recently. But I think it's particularly appropriate to remind gyso of how much we all appreciate his stewardship of the Game-on Threads. He has been instrumental in its being upbeat, inviting, and utterly consistent in its on-time availability. This forum would be far less appealing without gyso's work on these threads and on so many other elements over the years.

S.A appears to take only shots with which they're very comfortable. If they're not comfortable, they'll find a teammate who's more comfortable. That's very much a function of what I like to call "shared instinct." They almost appear to be in each other's heads out there.

I hate to say this because I usually wouldn't so early in a game. But they're half a step slow on defense, and taking mainly hero shots on offense. Those two tendencies are suicidal when you're playing a well-oiled machine like the Spurs.

sam wrote:S.A appears to take only shots with which they're very comfortable. If they're not comfortable, they'll find a teammate who's more comfortable. That's very much a function of what I like to call "shared instinct." They almost appear to be in each other's heads out there.

That's because they've had the same coach, playing the same system and playing with many of the same players since the last ice age.

sam wrote:I haven't repeated this message recently. But I think it's particularly appropriate to remind gyso of how much we all appreciate his stewardship of the Game-on Threads. He has been instrumental in its being upbeat, inviting, and utterly consistent in its on-time availability. This forum would be far less appealing without gyso's work on these threads and on so many other elements over the years.

The one chance the Celtics have in this game is to gain some equilibrium on the defensive and and hope it transfers to the offensive end. So far, they're terrible at the latter and not adequate on former.